Archive for 2010

poll-results Article
June 22, 2010

Sporting Events Poll Results

Is your church sports crazy or non-competitive when it comes to using sporting events in your marketing? Here are your responses to that very question.

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Facebook For Churches: How Our Church Uses Facebook
June 21, 2010

Facebook For Churches: How Our Church Uses Facebook

Now that I had the staff learning to embrace Facebook, it was time to develop communication strategies for the church as a whole.

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Church Marketing Directory: From Copyright to Stage Design
June 18, 2010

Church Marketing Directory: From Copyright to Stage Design

Who can use the Church Marketing Directory? And what kinds of companies are there? Check out more details, and see what's new so far in June.

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Get 20% off Echo
June 17, 2010

Get 20% off Echo

Register before June 30 to get 20% off using the promo code "CFCC" when you register for the Echo Conference.

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reviews Article
June 16, 2010

Making Ideas Happen

Author Scott Belsky makes a powerful argument that sometimes brainstorming ideas actually gets in the way of making a small percentage of those ideas a reality.

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June 15, 2010

Church Leaders Poll Results

Recently, Brad Abare noticed a growing trend in church leadership: leaders who are choosing to attend churches where they aren’t serving on staff. In the comments, opinions were mixed, and ...

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Facebook for Churches: Getting Your Church Staff to Care
June 14, 2010

Facebook for Churches: Getting Your Church Staff to Care

Getting social media right has been a battle. But in the end I learned how to get my staff to care about Facebook.

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Church Marketing Lab: Logos, T-Shirts & Texting
June 11, 2010

Church Marketing Lab: Logos, T-Shirts & Texting

Don't miss out on the conversations and designs that have been passing through the Church Marketing Lab lately. Be it logos, t-shirts or great discussions, here's what we've been seeing.

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What the Church Can Learn from BP
June 9, 2010

What the Church Can Learn from BP

In the wake of the worst oil spill in U.S. history, BP is rolling out a $50 million ad campaign. What can churches learn? Action is the best marketing.

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June 8, 2010

The Church vs. Lost Poll Results

LOST is a phenomenon that's come to an end, but we wanted to ask you what the church can take away from the show's runaway success.

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Seth Godin and the Lizard Brain
June 8, 2010

Seth Godin and the Lizard Brain

There's nothing like reading a book about getting off your duff, especially when it's written by someone who appears to have no problem doing just that. Seth Godin's latest book, ...

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Adventures in Grand Openings: Part Two
June 7, 2010

Adventures in Grand Openings: Part Two

Mission Community Church outside Phoenix launched a brand new campus with a promise that they'd donate five years of clean, safe drinking water for every person in attendance. Last week ...

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Job Board: Design, Public Relations & Video
June 4, 2010

Job Board: Design, Public Relations & Video

Check out the latest positions added to the Job Board, including a user interface designer, a pr & marketing intern and a video producer & editor.

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June 2, 2010

Redesign Reflections Poll Results

It’s been four long years since Church Marketing Sucks had a design refresh. For plenty of you, you hadn’t even heard of Church Marketing Sucks at that point. Others were already ...

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Lessons From a Declined, Plateaued and Downsized Church
June 2, 2010

Lessons From a Declined, Plateaued and Downsized Church

How shrinking churches in a down economy can still reach out without breaking the non-existent budget.

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